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New video shows shoppers fleeing as accused CBD killer driver mounts kerb

Video has surfaced which appears to show the beginning of last week’s deadly rampage in Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall.

The footage, published by Melbourne’s Herald Sun, shows the maroon Holden Commodore, allegedly driven by Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas, driving onto a footpath as people scramble to get out of the way.

While the footage shows chaotic and panicked reactions from those in the path of the vehicle, those behind it are seen stopping in their tracks, apparently stunned at what was unfolding before their eyes.

The footage shows the car wobbling from left to right after steering onto the footpath with its hazard lights flashing. Photo: Herald Sun
The footage shows the car wobbling from left to right after steering onto the footpath with its hazard lights flashing. Photo: Herald Sun

The video shows the car heading down Swanston Street from the intersection of Little Collin Street at 1.32pm last Friday.

Gargosoulas, from Windsor, has been charged with five counts of murder over the incident.

From top left, Matthew Si, Thalia Hakin, Zachary and Zara Bryant, and Jess Mudie were among the victims of the tragedy. Photos: Supplied
From top left, Matthew Si, Thalia Hakin, Zachary and Zara Bryant, and Jess Mudie were among the victims of the tragedy. Photos: Supplied

It is alleged he drove the vehicle into the crowd in the busy shopping district, killing three-month-old Zachary Bryant, 10-year-old Thalia Hakin, Matthew Si, 33, Jess Mudie, 22, and a Japanese man who has not yet been publicly identified.

The crime also saw 37 people hospitalised, including Zachary Bryant’s elder sister and Thalia Hakin’s younger sister and her mother.


The Bourke Street rampage outraged Australians across the country and prompted Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews to promise an overhaul of his state’s bail laws.

But pressure to beef up security in public spaces is now also coming from Canberra.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he wanted to see more bollards lining busy roads and footpaths to protect against vehicle attacks.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull lays flowers at a floral tribute on Bourke Street, Melbournem on January 22. Photo: AAP
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull lays flowers at a floral tribute on Bourke Street, Melbournem on January 22. Photo: AAP

"This is a very, very concerning vulnerability we have," he said to 3AW's Neil Mitchell on Friday.

"Anywhere you have a large number of people together we need to be able to ensure as much as we can that it is not possible to get a vehicle into that place."

The Prime Minister praised planning around major events like those on New Years Eve but said there had to be a tough approach to busy parts of big cities.

"But when you're looking at pedestrianised areas in cities, you need to have a very hard-headed think about how you make it harder to get a vehicle in there," he said.